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While we're on the subject of DVD drives... can the SOAK reccomend a external DVD drive for my laptop? I currently have a VERY slow Phillips 4x External Drive that is about 6-7 years old and would like to update to possibly 12x.

quote:Originally posted by FLbadgirl While we're on the subject of DVD drives... can the SOAK reccomend a external DVD drive for my laptop? I currently have a VERY slow Phillips 4x External Drive that is about 6-7 years old and would like to update to possibly 12x.

Any suggestions?

You can build your own easily. Get an enclosure from Dealsonic like this Plumax for $39 and then buy a DVD-ROM from Newegg like this Lite-On for $30 or this Samsung for $28. Slap the drive into the enclosure and you're good to go. The Plumax is Hi-Speed USB and FireWire so it should be compatible with a wide range of machines. It's not as nice as the slimline external ones that I've seen for laptops but it's quite a bit cheaper.

quote:Originally posted by transpizzle
I downloaded dvdshrink. how much compression can i use and not see a real difference in quality? after i shrink it, it gives me some .VOB files, but I want to burn this, so how do I get the files needed to burn the DVD?

i also downloaded dvd decrypter, but i'm not sure how that works. i set it up in ISO mode to try and get an image, but it was too big it said. what do i need to do about that?

It really depends on the DVD but I usually find compression lower than 75% to be pretty noticeable.

Set DVD Shrink to produce an ISO instead of a VIDEO_TS folder. Then use DVD Decrypter to burn the ISO. Otherwise you will need some type of burning program like Nero to make a DVD from the VIDEO_TS folder.

As for you DVD Decrypter error, are you sure you had enough free space on your HD to rip the image? A dual layer DVD can be as big as 8.5GiB.

quote:Originally posted by transpizzle how do i set dvdshrink to produce iso images? i got it to work on dvd decrypter, but not on dvdshrink.

I don't have Shrink on the work machine but IIRC, when you hit compress, a dialog box comes up asking you what type of output you want. The options should be VIDEO_TS folder, ISO image, and direct burn to DVD (via Nero).

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